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CATCH THE WIND

by Ingvar Loco Nordin

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This is a poem consisting of a number of statements. It comes here in two versions; first in English, with hinges that I recorded from the door at the garbage hut at my retreat (you can imagine the neighbours staring in their windows...), and then in Swedish, with a Turdus merula ( a blackbird) that I recorded down by the river that runs by my retreat in southern Sweden. A circular saw blade from up north, that I recorded for a stage performance, closes this set.

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Offered all the music
on all the majors,
I go out and catch the wind

Choking on self-pride,
I venture into my emptiness
and weep

My friends all gathered,
I go looking for a foe

My lifestyle becoming self-evident,
I break the rules

Strong and well-trained,
a tiny thought brings me down

Body traveling north or south,
mind goes south or north

Looking at everything,
I see myself,
looking at myself,
everything appears

My brain is a place in space,
space is where I think

Life is a transparent mirror,
time is a falling notion

Nowhere is endless,
right here travels fast

Every face grows a name,
the letters stumble at the mouth

My body murmurs
at the end of the line,
the wind catches my breath

In the storm of my mistakes,
I reef my sails
and drift stubbornly

All my girlfriends
rise out of the diaries
and wither like old mushrooms

My willingness to cooperate
warms itself by defiance

My obstinacy thrives
in the ordinary

It rubs uncomfortably
that so many celebrities
are caught by what they can get

Everything
is all that's left

I pat my belly
and count the years

Erbjuden all musik
på alla stora etiketter
går jag ut och lyssnar till vinden

När jag storknar
av min självförhävelse
stiger jag gråtande in i min tomhet

När alla mina vänner samlas
omkring mig
letar jag upp en fiende

När kroppen reser norr- eller söderut
rör sig sinnet söder- eller norrut

Med allting för ögonen
ser jag mig själv
Betraktande mig själv ser jag alltet

Min hjärna är en plats i universum
Universum är min tankfullhet

Livet är en genomskinlig spegel
Tid är svindel

Ingenstans är oändligt
Precis här har hög hastighet

Varje ansikte frambär ett namn
Bokstäverna stockar sig vid munnen

Kroppen mumlar i slutskedet
Vinden drar min anda

I mina misstags storm
revar jag seglen
och driver envist

Alla mina flickvänner stiger
ur dagböckerna
och förmultnar som gamla svampar

Trist är det
att se celebriteterna fångna
av det de kan få

Min samarbetsvilja värmer sig
vid trotset

Mitt egensinne trivs
i det alldagliga

Allting är det enda som återstår

Jag klappar mig på magen och räknar åren

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released May 22, 2023

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